Congresswoman who attacks police for upholding law vows to collect money for those who break it

A ‘leader’ who has repeatedly spoken out against police is raising money for people who broke the law.

You read that right.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman congresswoman from New York City, has vowed to raise money to help pay the legal fees of protesters who were arrested at Boston’s ‘Straight Pride Parade’ last weekend.

Nine of the people who were arrested for their actions at the parade were accused of assaulting police officers.

A Boston police officer tells a crowd of protesters to move back. (Twitter)

So now we have a national leader raising money to support police-hating protesters?

I know what you’re thinking. This cannot be real.

But it is…

AOC and Rep. Ayanna Pressley both tweeted out a link to the Solidarity Against Hate Legal Defense Fund this week, which has raised approximately $25,000 for bail and additional legal fees for the protesters arrested at the event.

One way to support the local LGBTQ community impacted by Boston’s white supremacist parade?

Contribute to the Bail Fund for the activists who put themselves on the line protecting the Boston community:https://t.co/z2NRSqHMve

The congresswomen called the event a ‘white supremacist parade’ and an ‘#LGBT hate march’.

“One way to support the local LGBTQ community impacted by Boston’s white supremacist parade?” Ocasio-Cortez posted on Twitter along with a link to the crowdfunding site. “Contribute to the Bail Fund for the activists who put themselves on the line protecting the Boston community.”

Roughly 200 people got together to march in the ‘Straight Pride Parade’ in Boston on Saturday, Fox reported. The goal of the event organizers, Super Happy Fun America, was reportedly to celebrate traditional family values and ‘defend heterosexuality’.

The event boasted an overwhelming number of protesters, who lined the streets of the city to voice their outrage over the gathering. Among the group were a number of Antifa members, the far-left group largely known for their violent clashes with free speech groups in cities like Portland, Oregon.

Three dozen people were arrested at Boston Straight Pride Parade Saturday. They assaulted cops, carried weapons including razor blades. One member of the hard-left Antifa while wearing a mask said violence is necessary to shut up Straight Pride organizers. https://t.co/3mTrZUo69Qpic.twitter.com/Wb2lEmGiIz

“We’re covered in black so when we attack these guys we can’t be prosecuted,” Jon Crowley, a self-identified Antifa member said at Saturday’s parade. He said that violence is the only way properly deal with the “Straight Pride” marchers.

The Boston Police Union applauded that decision, saying that many of these instigators traveled to the city to stoke the fire.

“We think these offenders that are here, most of them outside the city of Boston, not residents here, came here as agitators, here for a specific reason, here to create havoc,” Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association spokesman Larry Calderone said.

A number of state and federal leaders have made calls for the FBI to declare Antifa a domestic terror organization and demand that protesters take of their masks.

“It is time, federal, state, and local to make it illegal to cover your faces in public events and demonstrations,” said Massachusetts State Senator Dean Tran. “A danger to public safety and our police officers. No one or group is above the law.”

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